WEBVTT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. THEO: RECENTLY, THE IMPACT OF THE WETTEST MAY IN MARYLAND, MOSQUITO POPULATION. WE COULD SEE TRIPLE THE AMOUNT OF MOSQUITOES IN SOME PARTS OF THE STATE. WE BROUGHT IN RON GASKILL, A TECHNICIAN FROM MOSQUITO JOES WITH SOME TIPS FOR THE REST OF YOUR SUMMER. GOOD MORNING. STILL 3 MONTHS TO GO IN THIS MOSQUITO SEASON, RIGHT? >> THERE IS A LARGE POPULATION. NO QUESTION. AS MUCH AS IT HAS BEEN, IT WILL BE MORE AFTER THIS WEEK,. THEO: WHAT ARE SOME TIPS? >> LEARN ABOUT MOSQUITOES. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT MOSQUITOES -- WHAT MOSQUITOES DO OVER A DAY. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN THE TEMPERATURE GOES DOWN, WIND GOES DOWN, THEY COME OUT. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE CAN DO. ONE OF THE BEST THINGS YOU CAN DO ON YOUR BACK DECK AND BACK PORCH IS TO HAVE A FAN RUNNING. IT PROVIDES A BREEZE. MOSQUITOES CAN’T FLY AGAINST A BREEZE. A VERY LIGHT BREEZE. HELPS COOL YOU OFF. IMPORTANT TO SEE WHERE WATER IS HOLDING. IT AND TOSS IS A PHRASE. YOU CAN’T DO IT ENOUGH. IT MOSQUITO CAN LAY 300 EGGS. THOSE EGGS DON’T HAVE THAT RIGHT AWAY. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE CAN DO IS TOSS THE WATER. THEO: CANDLES, TO THOSE WORK? >> THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT PEOPLE CAN USE. THEY’RE -- THEY VARY IN TERMS OF EFFECTIVENESS. IT DEPENDS UPON THE ENVIRONMENT WITHIN YOUR LOCAL HOME. FOR THE MOST PART, YOU DO HAVE REPELLENT TO CAN USE. KIP AND TOSS, KEEP THE POPULATION FROM ACTUALLY INHABITING YOUR YARD. THAT IS THE KEY. THEO: WHY DO MOSQUITOES BITE OTHERS MORE SO? >> IT HAS TO DO WITH OUR PERSONAL MAKEUP. CERTAIN BACTERIA THAT IS UNIQUE TO US AND MOSQUITOES ARE ATTRACTED TO CERTAIN -- MY WIFE IS THE SAME. I PRESSURE OUTSIDE FIRST. THEO: I GET THEM HUGE FIRST. >> SOME PEOPLE DO REACT TO THEM. THEO: WE HAVE NOT HEARD ABOUT ZIKA IN THE NEWS. ARE YOU GUYS SEEING THAT? >> WE ARE SEEING MORE AND MORE WHO DO HAVE SYMPTOMS OF THE VIRUS. WITH THE ADVENT OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES IN BRAZIL, A LOT OF TRAVEL , THERE WAS HEIGHTENED AWARENESS AND 2016. IT IS STILL THERE. PEOPLE ARE NOT AS CONCERNED. THEY SHOULD BE. IT HAS NOT GONE AW